6.25.2011

Summer is the perfect time for lemonade stands, and lemonade stands are a perfect way to practice lots of important skills. Math for business planning, art and creativity for stand design. Get the most of out your lemonade stand experience with a few great resources.

6.20.2011

Summer vacation is a great time for hitting the road to go explore a new place. Vacation planning is a fun way to reinforce geography skills. Let kids prepare for the trip by visiting Roadside America to find odd roadside attractions you are going to pass along the way.

The planning stage is also perfect for using math skills to plan the gasoline budget using AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report and Fuel Cost Calculator.

Chart-reading skills are important for all core subject areas, and AAA's gasoline guide is full of them. Students can compare prices by region or state, compare the current average price to last year's, or compare fuel efficiency of different car models.
If you're up against a looong stretch of road between site-seeing breaks, keep boredom at bay with a little preparation. Visit Lil Sugar for printable license plate BINGO cards and other activities.

Road trips are also the perfect occasion for enjoying an audio book. Visit Books Should Be Free where you can access bunches of free audio books like The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.